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Barry Sanders was born in 1968. Emmitt Smith was born in 1969. The next two years were pretty quiet &#8212; Dorsey Levens and Garrison Hearst were born in &#8217;70 and &#8217;71 &#8212; but business was about to pick up. Terrell Davis and Jerome Bettis were born in 1972, and Curtis Martin, Eddie Ge2016-09-05 07:35:467/9: FootballPerspective.com- Thomas Rawls and Great Rookie Seasonshttp://www.footballperspective.com/thomas-rawls-and-great-rookie-seasons/
Thomas Rawls had an incredible rookie season. He was the only player with two games with at least 160 rushing yards in multiple games. His heat map was otherworldly, with the highlight being that an astounding 10% of his runs went for at least 15+ yards. And he led the league in yards per carry, [&#2016-07-09 09:35:482/20: FootballPerspective.com- How Often Does the Offensive Rookie Of The Year Lead His Class in AV?http://www.footballperspective.com/how-often-does-the-offensive-rookie-of-the-year-lead-his-class-in-av/
In 2015, Rams running back Todd Gurley was named the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year. Gurley received 27 of 50 votes, edging out Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston (17). Amari Cooper (Oakland) had 4 votes, while Tyler Lockett (Seattle) and David Johnson (Arizona) each received 1 vote. Fro2016-02-20 08:35:436/18: FootballPerspective.com- Single-Season Leaders in Yards From Scrimmage (Percentage of Team Total)http://www.footballperspective.com/single-season-leaders-in-yards-from-scrimmage-percentage-of-team-total/
In 1999, Marshall Faulk set the NFL record for yards from scrimmage in a season with 2,429. That mark still stands as the 2nd best in NFL history, and Faulk was truly dominant that season. But while Faulk may have been the key cog in the St. Louis machine, he wasn&#8217;t the whole machine. St. [&#82015-06-18 00:38:076/1: FootballPerspective.com- Single Season Rushing Yards Over &#8220;Worst Starter&#8221; Baselinehttp://www.footballperspective.com/single-season-rushing-yards-over-worst-starter-baseline/
On Friday, I looked at the career rushing leaders in &#8220;yards over worst starter.&#8221; Today, let&#8217;s look at the single-season list. In 1963, Jim Brown rushed for 1,863 yards in a 14-team NFL. The baseline that year was 541 yards, which represents the 14th highest individual rushing total2015-06-01 00:35:535/29: FootballPerspective.com- Career Rushing Yards Over &#8220;Worst Starter&#8221; Baselinehttp://www.footballperspective.com/career-rushing-yards-over-worst-starter-baseline/
Last year, DeMarco Murray led the NFL with 1,845 rushing yards. The 32nd-ranked rusher last season rushed for 570 yards, which means Murray rushed for 1,275 yards more than the Nth-ranked rusher, with N representing the number of teams in the NFL. That&#8217;s obviously excellent, although not quite2015-05-29 00:35:4812/21: FootballPerspective.com- Alfred Morris and Production Through Three Yearshttp://www.footballperspective.com/alfred-morris-and-production-through-three-years/
Alfred Morris was just a sixth round pick. During his rookie season, he happened to play alongside the eventual offensive rookie of the year. Since then, RG3 has continued to dominate headlines, while Morris continues to plug away without garnering a fraction of the attention. For example, did you k2014-12-21 01:35:587/17: FootballPerspective.com- The Rashard Mendenhall/Andre Ellington Time Share Part IIhttp://www.footballperspective.com/the-rashard-mendenhallandre-ellington-time-share-part-ii/
In November, I wrote about the unique running back by committee taking place in Arizona. At the time, Rashard Mendenhall was averaging 3.1 yards per carry, while backup Andre Ellington was averaging 7.2 yards per rush on 54 carries. I thought it would be fun to revisit the Ellington/Mendenhall time 2014-07-17 00:35:557/8: FootballPerspective.com- Examining the variation in rushing throughout NFL historyhttp://www.footballperspective.com/examining-the-variation-in-rushing-throughout-nfl-history/
There is no doubt that in modern times, passing is king. But until pretty recently, we were at the peak level in NFL history with respect to individual rushing performance. On the team level, rushing production ebbed and flows, with high points in the late &#8217;40s, mid-&#8217;50s, and mid-&#8217;2014-07-08 00:35:562/13: FootballPerspective.com- Adrian Peterson&#8217;s 2012 Season Lacked Some Juicehttp://www.footballperspective.com/adrian-petersons-2012-season-lacked-some-juice/
When I went on the Advanced NFL Stats Podcast in late December, I discussed my use of Z-scores to measure the Seattle pass defense. Host Dave Collins asked me if I was planning on using Z-scores to measure other things, like say, Adrian Peterson&#8217;s 2012 season. I told him that would be an inter2014-02-13 23:35:508/10: FootballPerspective.com- The Biggest Fluke Fantasy Seasons Ever (Part II)http://www.footballperspective.com/the-biggest-fluke-fantasy-seasons-ever-part-ii/
Yesterday, I set up a method for ranking the flukiest fantasy football seasons since the NFL-AFL merger, finding players who had elite fantasy seasons that were completely out of step with the rest of their careers. I highlighted fluke years #21-30, so here&#8217;s a recap of the rankings thus far: 2013-08-10 00:36:045/17: FootballPerspective.com- Examining Previous Eddie Lacy/Johnathan Franklin pairshttp://www.footballperspective.com/examining-previous-eddie-lacyjohnathan-franklin-pairs/
Green Bay didn&#8217;t use a first round pick on a running back, but the Packers did spend a second round pick on Alabama&#8217;s Eddie Lacy and a fourth round pick on UCLA&#8217;s Johnathan Franklin.Â How much weight should we put on draft status when one team drafts two running backs just a coupl2013-05-17 00:37:002/24: FootballPerspective.com- Projecting Trent Richardson and Alfred Morris, a year laterhttp://www.footballperspective.com/projecting-trent-richardson-and-alfred-morris-a-year-later/
In the pre-season, I wrote three pieces on Cleveland Browns rookie Trent Richardson.Â As part of a thought experiment, I wondered who would lead the NFL in rushing yards from 2012 to 2021? I narrowed my finalists to LeSean McCoy, Beanie Wells (was I drunk?), DeMarco Murray (ouch), Richardson and th2013-02-24 23:35:431/7: FootballPerspective.com- Jamaal Charles&#8217; 2012 was one of the most inconsistent seasons in RB historyhttp://www.footballperspective.com/jamaal-charles-2012-was-one-of-the-most-inconsistent-seasons-in-rb-history/
A couple of weeks ago, I heard my buddy and co-worker Sigmund Bloom say on the Footballguys Podcast that Jamaal Charles was having one of the craziest seasons ever. As Sigmund noted, Charles has been an incredibly frustrating fantasy player. This year, he had three games with 10 or fewer rushing yar2013-01-07 23:35:4812/29: FootballPerspective.com- Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losseshttp://www.footballperspective.com/checkdowns-career-rushing-stats-in-wins-and-losses/
Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He&#8217;s also averaging a nearly identical number of rushing yards per game in wins and losses. As you&#8217;re about to see, that&#8217;s pretty rare. We all know that wins are correlated with2012-12-29 23:35:458/13: The Writer's Journey- Foreign football cardshttp://thewritersjourney.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/foreign-football-cards/
While trying to find a Turk Schonert football card (and failing&#8230;do any exist?), I made an interesting discovery. I stumbled across this article on boston.com mentioning Schonert, and displaying this non-Schonert card, which looks like a 1987 Topps issue, but there are some small differences. U2012-08-13 01:53:43